Paris Saint-Germain goes to a new stadium

Inside the new age who wants design Nasser Al-Khelaifi at Paris Saint-Germain, one of the goals was to expand the capacity of the Parc des Princes. And the president of the French entity considered that the stadium is too small for a club that aspires to win the Champions League And he asked, more than a year ago, to redesign the historic stadium in the French capital.

However, the constant rejection from the city council, specifically from Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, forced PSG to look for new alternatives. The Parisian team first discovered a racecourse in Saint-Cloud, just a few meters from the Parc des Princes, but bureaucratic complications halted the process. Stade de France, the stadium where the French national team plays, It is now assumed to be the strongest possibility to become the Ligue 1 leader’s new stadium.

According to information from L’Équipe, Paris Saint-Germain will submit a bid before April 27 and respond to the city council’s bid to take over the Stade de France. The current exploitation contract, which is currently owned by the Public Authority, expires in 2025, so the suitors have until that date to submit the acquisition project and the economic feasibility.

The first step in the tender is to submit a project in which 70% deals with the applicant’s financial capacity and the remaining 30% lies in their ability to manage the pitch. The document submitted by the city council for the request for proposals is very frank. Whoever acquires Stade France must honor the current binding contract, which obliges the owner to transfer 25% of its exploitation so that both the French rugby and football teams, Including, in turn, hosting the Olympic Games, they can play their matches in the stadium.

In addition, missing Knowing whether Paris Saint-Germain’s offer will be well received by the city council, which has the final say in the matter, and to concede the operation of a symbolic stadium to a club ruled by Qatar that has drawn criticism in France, may arouse various skeptical currents. opinion.. If the club can outpace its competitors, it will consider the option of reducing the capacity of the stadium. The fixed purchase price is 647 million, an affordable figure for the club, which has set aside 1,000 million for a possible transfer from Parque de los Principes.

The reason is very simple. Although PSG has more than 100 matches filling the Parque de los Príncipes, moving from one stadium with 56,000 spectators to another with 80,000 means a huge change.. Despite the fact that there will be no problems in the Champions League, the attraction of watching different Ligue 1 teams at the Stade France will be less. Legends Hospitality is the company chosen by Al-Khelaifi to carry out the offer.